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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia, researchers reported on Wednesday. While the transplant was planned to treat the now-66-year-old’s leukaemia, the doctors also sought a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, a mechanism …

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By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -Europe’s largest food retailer Carrefour said on Wednesday it was confident about the second half of the year after reporting higher first-half operating profit and raising its 2022 cost-savings target amid accelerating inflation. Carrefour said cash generation would remain above one billion euros in 2022, as it now aims for …

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By Christoph Steitz and Nina Chestney FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) – Russia delivered less gas to Europe on Wednesday in a further escalation of an energy stand-off between Moscow and the European Union that will make it harder, and costlier, for the bloc to fill up storage ahead of the winter heating season. The cut in supplies, …

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(Clarifies that number given for at-risk population refers to UK only) By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Scientists advising the World Health Organization (WHO) on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks, raising concerns that it will take several months for the outbreak to peak. WHO …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s second-top court on Wednesday upheld a European Union ban on Russian state-controlled media outlet Russia Today imposed in March due to its systematic disinformation over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The Grand Chamber of the General Court dismisses RT France’s application for annulment of acts of the Council, adopted following the outbreak …

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SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s Socialist party abandoned plans on Wednesday to propose a new coalition government after failing to scrape together a majority in parliament, a development that promises fresh elections in the autumn for the Balkan country. President Rumen Radev will now have to appoint a caretaker cabinet to govern the European Union and …

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